Housing Wire

APRIL 11, 2024

During the hour-long episode, they discussed everything from Sears’ reaction to assuming the role of president, his first three months on the job, NAR’s commission lawsuit settlement agreement , and changes he is working to enact within NAR and across the broader real estate industry. We had to call an audible. Sears said.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

George Morales: My new role is really designed to bring reverse mortgage insights and perspectives to the company. Morales: Technology has been a cool way to have those discussions. I can’t say whom yet, but we’re in very, very early stages [of discussion] with a large U.S. My role as a salesperson is interesting.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2023

Weekly housing inventory data One of my concerns with higher rates has been whether new listings data would take another leg lower, which wouldn’t be a good thing for the housing market. This proves that we are trying to form a historical bottom in this data line, something I discussed earlier in the year on CNBC.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 2, 2024

My podcast partner, Editor in Chief Sarah Wheeler, disagrees, along with many others. In my 2024 forecast , I put the 10-year yield range between 3.21%-4.25% , with a critical line in the sand at 3.37%. As we have discussed, the 3.80% level for the 10-year yield is crucial, and the 4.34% level is critical.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 15, 2024

When asked about the language they use to discuss how buyer and seller agent commissions are paid, some of the most common responses included stressing that commissions are and always have been negotiable, and that if the National Association of Realtors’ settlement is approved, some practices may change, but many things are currently unknown.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

During my time listening in, it became evident that many agents miss the mark when it comes to truly listening to their clients. Trust stands as a cornerstone in this industry, and, in my opinion, agents must invest more effort in gradually building rapport and confidence before delving into sensitive matters.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Knowing that home sales weren’t going to crash in 2023 as they did in 2022, I made adjustments to my forecast to account for a more steady sales market, but even with that adjustment, we never got the weekly inventory growth levels I was looking for when mortgage rates got above 7.25%. Outside of that, it’s time to look to 2024.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2024

In an interview today with Yahoo Finance , I discussed how home prices are still rising this year. Overall, the existing homes was a slight beat of my estimates, but roughly in line with what I was expecting after those two big rebound sale prints in previous months. from the previous year ($375,300). All four U.S.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 29, 2024

To gauge what caught her attention about this space and how reverse mortgages intersect with her work, RMD sat down with Frankowska to discuss how and why she is choosing to become involved in the senior finance space.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

I have one agent in my brokerage that does nothing but play golf all day and he makes millions of dollars selling real estate.” At the end of the day, we are advisers to our clients and the only way I am able to advise my clients to make the best decisions is by giving them the information that they are looking for,” Alexander said. “It

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Housing Wire

APRIL 22, 2024

Different use cases Each panelist comes to the AI discussion from a different angle. Externally, I’ll be giving state-of-the-art tools to my best agents and teams.” Lickstein helped craft an AI-powered tool designed to educate brokers and is currently developing a compliance framework.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

My happy zone for active listings growth is between 11,000-17,000 weekly but this year inventory growth has just been too slow. 2021 28% 2022 41% 2023 37% New listing data should be calmer now As we have discussed, the data has been extreme lately — you can see it in the weekly data below. The average of the two weeks is 4,906.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 6, 2023

I really want to pick up my speaking engagements. Myself, my team and the AIME community are laser-focused on advocating far and wide for borrowers, creating more opportunities for diverse homebuyers and originators, and propelling broker market share further and faster. My priorities are clear and consistent. Matt Lionetti.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Since all my six recession red flags are up, the only data lines that I am focusing on regarding the cylce of economic expansion to recession are job openings and jobless claims data. The labor market is actually running into a big theme of my economic work over the years. Once jobless claims break, the discussion changes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 12, 2021

This is the first time I am writing about mortgage backed securities (MBS) because I hardly ever consider this aspect of the housing ecosystem in my work. But since now even Federal Reserve members are discussing the pros and cons of MBS, this is a good time to give you my take.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 26, 2024

HousingWire sat down with Acra Lending CEO Keith Lind to discuss effective ways to not only survive, but profit in the non-QM space while so many others are closing their doors. I got a lot of pushback from my salesforce. KL: I relied on my experience because I’d been on the other side. This is where the market is.”

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Housing Wire

MARCH 9, 2024

Mortgage rates and the 10-year yield The 10-year yield is the key for all my housing work, so I focus on it religiously. In my 2024 forecast , I put the 10-year yield range between 3.21%-4.25% , with a critical line in the sand at 3.37%. If so, what will this do to inventory levels? We haven’t broken either yet.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Throughout it all, Murphy said, “Books, God and my wife are my triangle of success.” HousingWire: Before we discuss your current career in real estate, tell us a bit more about your past experience as an athlete. I’m most proud of my three-time, academic all-conference record. My next step was getting drafted.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 16, 2023

One of my biggest concerns for housing started at the end of June 2022: once mortgage rates got above 6%, the new listing data began to decline faster and earlier than normal. In fact, one of my big talking points for 2022 was that starting from October this index should be printing negative 35%-45% year-over-year declines until January.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 18, 2023

As a child from an immigrant family, financial literacy was not something that was discussed at home, and Yanely struggled with personal finance as she entered adulthood. Yanely: I was really struggling myself with my personal finances because I’m first-generation American. My parents are from the Dominican Republic.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 2, 2022

It affirms my belief that a lot of their aggressive talking points over the past year were aimed at keeping financial conditions as tight as possible until they got to their neutral fed funds rate. 9, 2020, as the recovery was on solid footing based on my work. This is a very big deal from my perspective. for men and 3.3%

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Housing Wire

MARCH 23, 2024

10-year yield and mortgage rate talk For those of you who have me for the last 12 months, you know how important the 4.34% level on the 10-year yield is for my economic work. I will be on CNBC Monday morning to discuss the new home sales report. A break of this level could send mortgage rates toward 7.5%-8% 8% for spring 2024.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

He tells listeners that he uses the following script: “There’s no bleeping bleeping way I’m going to cut my bleeping bleeping commission[. … I]f you think I’m going to cut my bleeping bleeping Commission you can take this home and shove it up your bleeping bleeping and I know that it will fit right.”

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Those who follow me on social know of my take on the first Fed rate hike and what needs to happen for this conversation to really take place. My rule of thumb has always been when working from a zero interest rate policy, the 2-year yield needs to be above 0.56% to have an honest discussion about this. Listen here.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2024

The Senate Aging Committee strives to protect seniors and prioritizes oversight of aging-related issues, like reverse mortgages, and my letter highlights information that is vital to the longevity and stability of the program.” He added that it’s important for the industry itself to be present during such discussions.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 26, 2024

The hourlong debate began with both participants discussing their motivations for participating. I was sitting on my couch and I saw Michael on CNBC calling us a cartel, saying that we take money that doesn’t belong to us, and I was infuriated at that rhetoric and I was infuriated at what that infers about Realtors,” Lamacchia said.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 19, 2020

I offer my team’s story as an example of how a company can leverage existing employees and its own culture to establish strong diversity and inclusion efforts. I came to my position following a mentoring session with my boss and mentor, Dr. Amanda Andrade, in 2012. Guest Author, Loreli Wilson.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

I am also supporting my agents by helping them to be able to better articulate their value in the marketplace. “And I think every brokerage should be meeting as a group or having discussions around the language we use to talk about commissions, because those are some of the reasons we are where we are today.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 28, 2022

Selling to that next generation is key to Serhant’s strategy, as he discussed on a recent RealTrending podcast. My future agent, the one I’m building for today — who I care about the most — isn’t 35 or 45 or 55 with lots of sales experience… my future rockstar agent right now is 15 years old.”.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 18, 2023

According to Chopra, the capital requirements discussions were part of the conversation even before the bank failures in the first half of 2023, including Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. ” “My own view is that the mortgage industry and homeowners are going through a tough [moment] right now.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

We discussed the current market and ways the real estate industry is addressing this industry-wide issue. I began my career as an appraiser in Australia. I had my own doubts when Chris and I first began discussing the opportunity. As I mentioned before, I began my career as an appraiser. Opteon CEO Chris Knight.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 9, 2023

Those who know my work over the last 10 years know that I have Batman/Joker relationship with the housing crash people, because they never stop. 5, 2022, a few days after I presented to The Conference Board , I raised my sixth recession red flag for the overall economy. I mean, it’s year 11 now of the housing bubble 2.0 Then on Aug.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In his testimony, Gansho confirmed that NAR’s “Antitrust Compliance Guide” states that members should not discuss fees with competitors and that agents should never use statements such as, “I’d like to lower the commission, but no one will show your house.” Michelle Figgs, the former senior industry analyst at Keller Williams , appeared next.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2020

And, at times, I have found it difficult to keep these emotions from clouding my economic thinking. From this stronghold I have been able to see past the chaos and view the economy and the future of the housing market through the lens of my core economic principles. million, my number for an outperforming market.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 10, 2024

Below are a few of my favorite gift choices, each carefully selected to leave a lasting and meaningful impression on your clients. We were discussing old cell phones and how I missed hanging up the phone by flipping it closed. It’s a practical yet elegant choice that leaves a lasting impression.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 10, 2023

However, the four-week moving average is still 231,000, far from my Fed pivot level. My 2023 forecast range for the 10-year yield was 3.21%-4.25%, meaning mortgage rates between 5.75%-7.25% for 2023, and that the labor market would be the big driver on bond yields, not inflation. Today we did see a spike in claims data.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

2023 bond and mortgage rate forecast When I do my mortgage rate forecasting for each year, I don’t target mortgage rates but where I believe the 10-year yield channel will be with a set of variables in play. My mindset with inflation data since October of 2022 has been to give it time: 12 months from now, we will be in a better place.

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